6o4  Minutes  of  the  College.  {^™\I%Tm' 
MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
Philadelphia,  November  22d,  1878. 
A  special  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  this  day 
at  the  College  Hall,  to  take  such  action  as  might  be  deemed  appropriate  concerning 
the  death  of  our  late  respected  fellow-member,  Thomas  H.  Powers. 
The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  President,  who,  on  taking  the  chair,  made 
a  few  remarks  appropriate  to  the  sad  occasion.  He  informed  the  meeting  that  he 
had  known  Mr.  Powers  intimately  for  fifty  years,  commencing  at  the  time  when  he 
was  just  entering  his  business  career.  During  all  this  time  their  relations  had  been 
of-  the  most  cordial  character,  and  his  testimony  of  his  deceased  friend  was  that  his 
course  through  life  should  be  held  up  as  an  example  to  be  followed  by  all.  His 
whole  life  had  been  characterized  in  a  pre-eminent  degree  by  integrity,  practical 
philanthropy  and  devotion  to  Christian  principle. 
The  meeting  was  largely  attended,  some  of  the  older  members,  who  had  been  his 
cotemporaries  in  early  life,  being  present  to  take  part  in  the  proceedings. 
On  motion  of  Thomas  S.  Wiegand  a  committee,  consisting  of  Sam'l  F.  Troth, 
Charles  Bullock  and  Joseph  P.  Remington,  was  appointed  to  draft  resolutions 
expressive  of  the  sense  of  the  meeting,  and  report  the  same  before  the  close. 
A  letter  from  Frederick  Brown  was  read,  expressing  his  regret  at  the  loss  sustained, 
and  of  his  inability  to  be  present  and  take  part  in  the  proceedings. 
Addresses  were  made  by  Samuel  F.  Troth,  John  C.  Allen,  Jos.  C.  Turnpenny, 
Ambrose  Smith,  Charles  Bullock,  Daniel  S.  Jones,  Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  Joseph  P. 
Remington,  Andrew  Blair,  E.  M.  Boring  and  others.  The  older  members  nar- 
rated their  early  experience  with  the  deceased,  and  bore  uniform  testimony  to  the 
excellence  of  character  developed  in  his  youth,  and  which  continued  to  strengthen 
and  increase  during  his  whole  life. 
The  testimony  of  all  who  spoke  was  that  his  whole  life  had  been  devoted  to  doing 
good  toothers;  that  his  charities  were  not  confined  to  those  persons  whom  he 
alone  knew,  but  were  unobtrusively  distributed  wherever  worthy  want  was  made 
known  to  him  ;  that  he  carried  his  religious  duties  so  far  as  to  make  them  a  part  of 
his  business  life,  so  that  right  and  justice  should  be  meted  out  to  all  with  whom  he 
came  in  contact  5  that  he  was  faithful,  benevolent,  kind  and  considerate  to  all  those 
who  were  in  his  employ,  and  that  these  principles  were  fully  carried  out  to  the  end 
of  his  life  ;  that  religious  and  charitable  associations  with  which  he  was  connected 
will  deplore  his  death,  and  that  this  College,  for  the  friendship  manifested  towards 
it  by  him,  will  ever  hold  his  memory  in  grateful  remembrance. 
It  was  the  universal  sentiment  expressed  by  everyone  who  spoke  that  all  who 
knew  him  or  came  in  contact  with  him  in  the  various  avocations  of  life,  held  him 
in  the  highest  esteem. 
Joseph  P.  Remington,  on  behalf  of  the  committee,  read  the  following  preamble 
and  resolutions,  which  were,  on  motion,  unanimously  adopted  : 
